Day two of Magic: The Gathering’s Dominaria United preview season shook things up a bit. Rather than leave them for last as normal, this set decided to reveal its two Commander preconstructed decks ahead of the set itself.
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While we’re going to look at the Painbow and Legends’ Legacies decks individually, there were still some really interesting cards from Dominaria United itself to look at. Here’s a few of the best cards shown off on day two.
Three generic, two white creature – Angel Soldier – 2/4:
Flying
Whenever another creature with power two or less enters the battlefield under your control, put two +1/+1 counters on that creature.
Dominaria United is debuting an entirely new type of booster pack, with Jumpstart Boosters bringing the ever-popular Jumpstart format into Standard. While most of the packs will be made up of cards found in other boosters, there’s also an exclusive card for each colour to be found in them.
Serra’s Angel is the white Jumpstart exclusive (though still legal in Standard), and it is a powerhouse in any Mono-white Aggro/White Weenie-type deck. White loves to throw out loads of small creatures, and with Serra Redeemer those 2/2 tokens would enter as much scarier 4/4s, while still triggering other Weenie-friendly cards like Mentor of the Meek.
One black instant:
Destroy target creature with total power and toughness five or less.
With Dominaria United’s Standard set rotation, the format is losing some of its best removal spells. With the likes of Bloodchief’s Thirst, Poison the Cup, Vanishing Verse, and Power Word Kill all rotating out, it really needed something like Cut Down to fill the gap.
While requiring a total
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